Chapter 9: To Tell or Not To Tell

(Half an hour later at the T-Tower)

Raven ran in with Starfire in her arms. Her eyes flew frantically around the room for the other Titans.

"Beast Boy! Cyborg!" Raven shouted and the black sofa exploded, "can you come here please?" she asked more softly blushing at the result of her outburst.

"What's up?" Beast Boy asked as he came into view after exiting the kitchen, "what happened to Starfire!" he shouted in panic upon seeing the severely injured Starfire in Raven's arms.

"Can't talk now," Raven responded, "where's Cyborg?" she demanded.

"He left ten minutes ago to pick up Robin," Beast Boy responded happily, "Isn't that great!" he cried, "what's wrong?" he asked when he finally noticed Raven's now pale and fearful face.

"Nothing," Raven lied, "let's get Starfire to the infirmary."

(One Hour Later)

Robin waited impatiently in front of the Titans usual Pizza Place.

What's taking Cyborg so long? I want to hurry back to the tower. (Robin's thoughts)

"Are you sure that you don't want anything besides a soda sir?" a female waitress asked kindly and Robin shook his head, "not much of a talker," she muttered and walked off.

Thank God people don't recognize me in these casual clothes and black shades. I really don't need to talk to a bunch of crazed fans right now. (Robin's thoughts)

Suddenly Robin heard an engine that sounded similar to Cyborg's Ride but the car simply drove past the Pizza Place.

"What the f...!" Robin started to cry angrily but then saw Plasmus tailing not far behind.

Forget this! (Robin's thoughts)

Robin rose to his feet to give chase when suddenly Cyborg's car turned around and headed right back to the Pizza Place. Unfortunately he made his grand entrance by crashing into the side of it.

"Hurry inside!" Cyborg cried as he lowered his car window, "I'll contact the manager about paying for the damages later!" he cried before Robin could tell him off about his driving.

"Whatever," Robin muttered and hurried in, "sorry about the inconvenience folks!" he shouted and Cyborg then drove off at top speed.

"Where were you?" Cyborg asked as he hung up his cell phone.

"Who did you just call?" Robin asked instead of responding.

"Titans East," Cyborg responded, "we definitely don't have time to deal with Plasmus right now," he continued, "with Raven acting weird back at the tower, Beast Boy panicking and Starfire being injured..."

"Starfire's injured!" I shouted, "was it Slade?" he demanded.

In a way. (Cyborg's thoughts)

"No," Cyborg responded, "and Raven's been rather quiet and unusually pale," he continued, "I'm late because after I first left Beast Boy called and gave me the details," he continued, "after hearing it I turned back and spent nearly half an hour properly tending to Starfire who still hadn't regained consciousness when I left," he said, "Raven was the one who brought her back to the tower and she was looking unusually fearful and worried," he added.

"You don't think Raven injured her?" I asked incredulously, "Raven would never do such a thing!"

"The Raven that we know," Cyborg muttered.

"What did you say?" I asked unable to hear anything in his muttering besides Raven's name.

"I said 'Raven will be the one to know'," Cyborg told me but I could tell that he was lying, "let's just get back to the tower," I said seriously.

"No protest there," Cyborg responded and drove even faster.

(Twenty-Five minutes Later at the T-Tower)

(Raven's POV)

"What aren't you telling us Raven?" Beast Boy demanded, "I'm not stupid," he continued as he now glared at me and I squirmed uncomfortably and refused to look at him, "something happened," he said and started to pace around me, "and you're telling," he added seriously.

I remained quiet. I had to wait for the others. Worst of all Robin.

What is he going to say when he finds out the truth? I don't even know what my father did to him. Even though I guess it wasn't anything detrimental since he obviously escaped and is now returning along with Cyborg. But why now? Damn my luck sucks. (Raven's thoughts)

"Raven!" Beast Boy cried and shook my shoulders.

Suddenly he was thrown across the room and I gasped and covered my mouth.

I'm sorry!" I cried fearfully as I worried if he would react like Starfire.

"It's okay," Beast Boy squeaked as he slowly staggered back on to his feet, "I sometimes forget about emotions and your powers," he said as he brushed himself of, "my bad," he added with a grin and a laugh as he ran his left hand through his green hair.

I simply nodded then quickly looked away.

Of course he's not reacting like Starfire. He doesn't know about Slade being my father. If Starfire can turn from a fun, kind and loving Tameranian into what I faced at the factory…. I don't even want to KNOW Beast Boy's reaction. At least not while we're here alone with an unconscious Starfire. (Raven's thoughts)

"Raven," Beast Boy said and came to sit beside me, "what happened?" he asked ad I looked away, "come on Raven," he pursued, "we've had problems before," he said, "what makes this any different?" he asked me.

"This is not a regular problem," I said in a shaky voice, "this is not a usual problem," I said shaking my head, "it's…."

(Normal POV)

Suddenly they heard stirring and turned to see Starfire starting to stir but then went back into unconsciousness.

"Come on Rae," Beast Boy pushed, "she's not waking up and her wounds are already pretty serious," he said, "you have to tell me what happened," he said urgently, "you have to tell Cyborg and Robin when they come back," he added.

"Don't remind me," Raven said with a groan and buried her head in her hands, "you guys will never forgive me."

"Raven!" Beast Boy cried seriously as he grabbed her shoulders and made her face him, "haven't we been through worse?" he demanded, "we'll get through this like we do anything else," he declared, "we're friends," he reminded me, "don't you believe in us?" he asked Raven with disappointed eyes.

"Of course I …." Raven started to tell him when they suddenly heard noise from outside.

"They're back!" Beast Boy cried excitedly, "now you'll be able to tell Cyborg, Robin and I everything that happened at once," he said, "easier than telling me first then having to repeat it to them huh?" he asked but didn't wait for an answer since in the same breath he hurried out of the infirmary to greet Cyborg and their returned comrade Robin.

I have a strange feeling that it would've been easier to do it the other way around. (Raven's thoughts)

Raven rose to her feet and followed Beast Boy. But at a MUCH slower pace.

End Chapter 9

Reggae: I'll update soon. There are only five chapters MAXIMUM left for this story. Remember to read the sequel 'It Happens' which I'm writing along with this. Trust me it's cool reading this then checking out the sequel. It kind of makes you feel that you've jumped from a weird present (in this story) into a warped future ('It Happens'). Like 'Get Away', 'It Happens' is also incomplete and trust me, I'll be completing 'Get Away' before I complete 'It Happens'. Oh and 'It Happens' is Rated 'R' by the way. Please Review.